Hearing loss

Hearing loss can affect your work, home life and can also affect your personal safety. It can also make you feel lonely, depressed or as having a loss of independence.

If you are finding it hard to hear or struggling to communicate with others around you, then it is advisable to go for a consultation with a hearing healthcare professional. If suitable, hearing aids can help give you back your confidence, independence and quality of life.

Are two hearing aids better than one?

If only one ear functions properly, localising and identifying the origin of a sound is impossible to do. More importantly, the quality of sound will be worse as sounds that are identified using only one ear sound flat and devoid of the natural nuances that are experienced by having binaural hearing. If you have a hearing loss in two ears, it will be recommended that you use two hearing aids.

Hearing with two ears also provides improved capability of reducing background noise, making it easier and less stressful to hear a conversation especially where there is background noise. Whilst one hearing instrument in a quiet situation may help, unequal hearing in both ears can be a real disadvantage if there is a lot of noise. This is common in situations such as at work, interactions with friends and at family gatherings. Often these exchanges take place in noisy surroundings and using two hearing instruments maximises the chances of not only following, but being able to contribute to the conversation.

Advantages of Binaural hearing:

Improved speech understanding in noise

Consistent stimulation of the entire auditory system, leading to improved understanding of speech